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Hi everyone, I'm Glenn Berlow, a drywall taper and small business owner. I wrote an ebook on drywall and really enjoy creating things like interesting content..

If you have popcorn ceilings then you need to scrape it off w/ 6 inch knife (drywall taping knife, not out of your kitchen -OK) Then fill holes you made. (if you have painted the ceilings and you have big dipples, you need to put a layer of concrete fill 20% w/ topping mud (I use synko...

IMHO-- You can screw new over old, but you really don't know where to screw.. You have no studs to go by.., You could screw into a wire or a pipe, and then it would be a possible disaster.. Its a few hundred dollars more to pull the old stuff off and start with clean studs.. You can see the...

Maybe your house has shifted and the underlying framing is showing the stress at the cracks.. Any new homes or other construction, flodding etc. in your area that could cause shifting or settling. Also have seen this in really old homes where rot has caused members to sag and stress other...